Make October downright electric with hands-on, low-prep Halloween science. This Growing Bundle includes STEM activities, stations, readings, and more-all with a festive twist. Buy once and get every future addition free via bundle updates (price increases as new activities are added).

What Students Do

• Instant hook. Halloween themes turn regular labs into quests—students are curious from the first minute.
• Hands-on wins. Builds, launches, and visible reactions give quick feedback they can see, time, and graph.
• A story with purpose. A fun Halloween scenario gives meaning to data and increases student enjoyment.
  

Activities Included Now

1. Spooky Substances Lab Stations: Physical vs. Chemical Changes — Halloween-themed stations (e.g., “Swamp Sludge,” “Graveyard Fog”) that focus on evidence of reactions (gas production, color change) and sorting physical vs chemical changes.
2. Ghost Balloon STEM: Lift & Reaction — Turn a bottle and balloon into an engineering challenge. Students test reactant levels, measure lift and time, graph results, and answers questions.
3. Candy Combustion Calorimetry — A Halloween tie-in to energy transfer and calorimetry concepts (supports HS energy standards; can be scaffolded for upper middle school).
4. Spooky Science: Three Halloween Science Activity Bundle for Middle School - Includes i) Pumpkin Oozing Slime Experiment (Chemical Reactions), ii) Ghost Balloon Rockets (Force and Motion), iii) Glowing Monster Density Columns (Density and Buoyancy)
5. Haunted Swamp STEM Lab Investigation: Halloween Water Filtration Challenge - Teams design and refine a gravity filter to “rescue” a haunted swamp using water filtration methods.
6. Survival of the Creepiest – Halloween Creature Adaptation STEM Challenge - Your class must design a scientifically believable creature for a haunted realm, then prove it can survive using the survival index.
7. The Science of Fear Readings - Version 1 - 6th, 7th, & 8th Grade, Version 2 - High School ➡️ Both readings discuss what fear is, why it exists and how we, and other living things, react to it at the appropriate level.
8. The Chemistry of Candy Readings - Version 1 - 6th, 7th, & 8th Grade, Version 2 - High School ➡️ Both readings discuss how scientists engineer candy specifically, how chemistry controls a candy’s colors, flavors, and textures.
9. Monster Genetics Challenge – Punnett Squares & Heredity Halloween STEM Lab - This interactive and creative heredity lab prompts students to “breed” their own monsters using Punnett squares to predict traits like green skin, horns, fangs, and tails.

Why Teachers Love It

• Low-cost materials and easy classroom management - Every activity uses readily available, budget-friendly supplies—think baking soda, vinegar, balloons, dish soap, rulers, cups, and household items—so you can set up quickly and focus on student thinking.
• STEM activities generate graphable, repeatable data for quantitative analysis.
• Readings provide a comprehensive view of a specific topic (like the chemistry of candy or the science of fear) and test your students' understanding via comprehension questions.
• Each activity fits in 1–2 class periods with optional extensions and optimization.

NGSS Connections

• MS-ETS1 Engineering Design (defining problems, testing solutions, optimizing) — e.g., Ghost Balloon design/optimization.
• MS-PS1 Matter & Its Interactions — e.g., Spooky Substances (evidence for chemical vs physical change).
• MS-PS2 Motion & Stability — e.g., balloon forces and lift.
• PS3/Energy — e.g., Candy Calorimetry connects to energy transfer concepts (aligned to HS-PS3 and adaptable).

Growing Bundle Promise: The price will increase as new Halloween activities are added. Purchase now to lock in all future additions at no extra cost.

Classroom Tip: Start with the station lab to prime concepts (e.g., physical vs chemical change), then run the lifting investigation for design/optimization, and finish with calorimetry to quantify energy—a tight October sequence students won’t forget. Teachers Pay Teachers+2Teachers Pay Teachers+2